Marcia Lawrence
@melea56.bsky.social
Government funding of healthcare will be be even cheaper when people die in droves.
RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development
The Department of Health and Human Services plans to cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.
apnews.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Government funding of healthcare will be be even cheaper when people die in droves.
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Google Cloud outage leads to global internet disruptions | #ksleg via @bypaigegross.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/06/12/r...
Google Cloud outage leads to global internet disruptions • Kansas Reflector
A Google Cloud outage caused disruptions across the globe Thursday afternoon, affecting Google users and other companies like Spotify, Discord, Amazon Web Services and CloudFlare.
kansasreflector.com
June 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Google Cloud outage leads to global internet disruptions | #ksleg via @bypaigegross.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/06/12/r...
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Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer, Cory Booker and Adam Schiff react to Sen. Alex Padilla being removed from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference.
June 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer, Cory Booker and Adam Schiff react to Sen. Alex Padilla being removed from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference.
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Democrats have condemned the 'sickening assault' of US senator Alex Padilla, who was forcibly removed from a Kristi Noem press conference in LA, before being pinned to the floor and his hands cuffed behind his back. Watch the video: www.theguardian.com/p/x2fcn...
June 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Democrats have condemned the 'sickening assault' of US senator Alex Padilla, who was forcibly removed from a Kristi Noem press conference in LA, before being pinned to the floor and his hands cuffed behind his back. Watch the video: www.theguardian.com/p/x2fcn...
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Google Cloud services were down and are affecting other sites, according to Replit and Cloudflare.
Trouble accessing your favorite site? A bunch of internet platforms, including Google, were experiencing issues
Google Cloud services were down and are affecting other sites, according to Replit and Cloudflare.
www.businessinsider.com
June 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Google Cloud services were down and are affecting other sites, according to Replit and Cloudflare.
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Chinese state media are celebrating President Trump’s move to gut Voice of America and other U.S. government-funded news outlets that push back against authoritarian regimes.
Chinese state media cheer Trump’s decision to axe Voice of America
The dismantling of the international broadcaster and other U.S. government-funded news outlets was criticized as another blow to U.S. soft power efforts.
nbcnews.to
March 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Chinese state media are celebrating President Trump’s move to gut Voice of America and other U.S. government-funded news outlets that push back against authoritarian regimes.
If you thought FOTUS47 would respect U.S. court decisions, here's your answer.
Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants even as a judge orders their removals be stopped
The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration ta...
apnews.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
If you thought FOTUS47 would respect U.S. court decisions, here's your answer.
This does not bode well. apnews.com/article/cybe... Wire_4 Mar_2025&utm_term=Morning Wire Subscribers
Hegseth orders suspension of Pentagon's offensive cyberoperations against Russia
The U.S. Cyber Command is pausing its offensive operations against Russia. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the decision, which was confirmed Monday by a U.S. official speaking on condition of anon...
apnews.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This does not bode well. apnews.com/article/cybe... Wire_4 Mar_2025&utm_term=Morning Wire Subscribers
apnews.com/article/trum... Wire_4 Mar_2025&utm_term=Morning Wire Subscribers
Here are some goods in the crosshairs of Trump's tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China
President Donald Trump was poised to impose 25% taxes on imports from Canada and Mexico Tuesday and to double to 20% his levies on Chinese products.
apnews.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
apnews.com/article/trum... Wire_4 Mar_2025&utm_term=Morning Wire Subscribers
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The Trump administration directed federal agencies on Wednesday to prepare for mass layoffs, according to the heads of the White House budget and personnel management offices.
Federal agencies told to start planning for large-scale layoffs in Trump admin memo
Thousands of federal workers have already been fired over the last few weeks.
www.cnbc.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The Trump administration directed federal agencies on Wednesday to prepare for mass layoffs, according to the heads of the White House budget and personnel management offices.
Didn't that German guy do this same thing in the 1940s?
White House Moves to Pick the Pool Reporters Who Cover Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...
White House Moves to Pick the Pool Reporters Who Cover Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...
White House Moves to Pick the Pool Reporters Who Cover Trump
In announcing plans to handpick the reporters who can ask the president questions, the White House is breaking decades of precedent.
www.nytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Didn't that German guy do this same thing in the 1940s?
White House Moves to Pick the Pool Reporters Who Cover Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...
White House Moves to Pick the Pool Reporters Who Cover Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...
What is happening to freedom of the press? This cannot stand. apnews.com/article/ap-l...
Judge rejects immediately restoring AP's access to White House but urges government to reconsider
A federal judge has refused to immediately order the White House to restore The Associated Press’ access to presidential events, saying the news organization had not shown it had suffered irreparable ...
apnews.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What is happening to freedom of the press? This cannot stand. apnews.com/article/ap-l...
From NPR: Trump has frozen the $4 billion that President Biden set aside to keep the Colorado River flowing. The river supplies around 40 million people with drinking water, is the foundation for a massive agricultural economy across the Southwest, and generates significant hydroelectric power.
February 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
From NPR: Trump has frozen the $4 billion that President Biden set aside to keep the Colorado River flowing. The river supplies around 40 million people with drinking water, is the foundation for a massive agricultural economy across the Southwest, and generates significant hydroelectric power.
February 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Court refuses to lift injunction against Trump’s birthright citizenship ban; JD Vance to address CPAC – US politics live
Court refuses to lift injunction against Trump’s birthright citizenship ban; JD Vance to address CPAC – US politics live
Push to end birthright citizenship could be headed to supreme court after judges deny appeal; VP due to give speech at conservative conference
Trump’s first month in office could be described as whiplash-inducing – and his flurry of executive actions…
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Court refuses to lift injunction against Trump’s birthright citizenship ban; JD Vance to address CPAC – US politics live
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President Donald Trump said Wednesday night that the federal government “should take over the governance of D.C.,” claiming that leaders of the nation’s capital are not doing enough to reduce crime, clean up graffiti and remove homeless encampments.
Trump says feds should ‘take over’ governance of D.C.
The president told reporters that city leaders are not doing enough to reduce crime, clean up graffiti and remove homeless encampments.
wapo.st
February 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
President Donald Trump said Wednesday night that the federal government “should take over the governance of D.C.,” claiming that leaders of the nation’s capital are not doing enough to reduce crime, clean up graffiti and remove homeless encampments.
Another day, another ominous warning. Take heed.
February 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Another day, another ominous warning. Take heed.
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With this EO, Trump is explicitly seizing control of agencies meant to operate free from presidential interference, such as the FCC, FTC, FEC and financial regulators.
Now any new regulations must go through the White House. Monumental change here.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Now any new regulations must go through the White House. Monumental change here.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
February 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
With this EO, Trump is explicitly seizing control of agencies meant to operate free from presidential interference, such as the FCC, FTC, FEC and financial regulators.
Now any new regulations must go through the White House. Monumental change here.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Now any new regulations must go through the White House. Monumental change here.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Maybe we need a new White House where "of the people, by the people, and for the people" rules. apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump says AP will be curtailed at the White House until it changes its style to Gulf of America
President Donald Trump says his administration will continue to restrict The Associated Press' access to cover presidential events until the news agency goes along with his renaming of the Gulf of Mex...
apnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Maybe we need a new White House where "of the people, by the people, and for the people" rules. apnews.com/article/trum...
From Alt Natl Park Svc. Musk staffers @ OPM: Amanda Scales, Brian Bjelde, Stephen Duarte, Christina Hanna, Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski. GSA: Stephen Ehikian, Thomas Shedd, Nate Cavanaugh. Treasury Dept: Tom Krause, Marko Elez. Justin Fulcher and Scott Langmack.
February 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
From Alt Natl Park Svc. Musk staffers @ OPM: Amanda Scales, Brian Bjelde, Stephen Duarte, Christina Hanna, Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski. GSA: Stephen Ehikian, Thomas Shedd, Nate Cavanaugh. Treasury Dept: Tom Krause, Marko Elez. Justin Fulcher and Scott Langmack.